Running again

It's funny, I had this really great and interesting idea for a blog post the other day when I was riding to work but now I've completely forgotten what I was going to say - it can't have been as interesting as I thought... Anyway, I have decided to get back into running again. Mostly because since I did the Wellington half marathon in June last year I haven't really been doing much exercise, well I've been biking to work but that has been about it. What really spurred me on to start again is the Puffing Billy race the train race coming up at the start of May. It's 13.2 km through winding up and down bush and to beat the train you have to run around 53 mins. At 4 min/km I think this would have been a pretty tall order for me, even when I was really fit last year. Anyway, I'm going to train hard for the next three weeks and give it a good crack. It should be a fun race whatever the outcome. What I missed most about running was the races. I really enjoy the competitive aspect of them, especially when there is a good sized field, you can always push yourself just that little bit harder to overtake the person in front of you.

Well I got a puncture on my rear bike tyre on the way to work yesterday and I still haven't fixed it. I better go do it now...